]]>Arianna Rebolinihttp://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/life-changing-things-you-can-read-right-nowTue, 28 Jul 2015 11:01:04 -0400Guaranteed pick-me-ups, in under a half hour.ariannarebolininonadultnonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "Real change happens on the level of the gesture. It's one person doing one thing differently than he or she did before. It's the man who opts not to invite his abusive mother to his wedding; the woman who decides to spend her Saturday mornings in a drawing class instead of scrubbing the toilets at home; the writer who won't allow himself to be devoured by his envy; the parent who takes a deep breath instead of throwing a plate. It's you and me standing naked before our lovers, even if it makes us feel kind of squirmy in a bad way when we do. The work is there. It's our task. Doing it will give us strength and clarity. It will bring us closer to who we hope to be." (<a href="http://therumpus.net/2011/09/dear-sugar-the-rumpus-advice-column-86-tiny-revolutions/">Full text.</a>)nonadultnonadultnonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "Do all the other things, the ambitious things — travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes, swim naked in wild jungle rivers (after first having it tested for monkey poop) – but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness. Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial. That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality — your soul, if you will — is as bright and shining as any that has ever been. Bright as Shakespeare's, bright as Gandhi's, bright as Mother Teresa's. Clear away everything that keeps you separate from this secret luminous place. Believe it exists, come to know it better, nurture it, share its fruits tirelessly. (<a href="https://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/intra/AP%20Updates/2014/George%20Saunders%20Commencement%20Speech%202013.pdf">Full text.</a>)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "One way to avoid killing your heart is to decide that you will spend your whole life growing up. I am not saying you should aspire to the maturity level of the characters in <i>Hot Tub Time Machine</i>; I am suggesting we resist a life that looks, in line-graph form, like it goes up and up and up and then it stops, and then it levels out, and then it stays on that flat plane until death. I hope to live a life that goes up and up and up until the end, with the inevitable dip here and there. I hope to continue to learn and change." (<a href="http://www.rookiemag.com/2013/12/editors-letter-26/">Full text.</a>)nonadultnonadultnonadult(<a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/still-i-rise/">Full text.</a>)nonadult(<a href="http://www.bartleby.com/39/45.html">Full preface.</a>)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art. I'm serious. Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art. Somebody on the Internet thinks what you do is stupid or evil or it's all been done before? Make good art. Probably things will work out somehow, and eventually time will take the sting away, but that doesn't matter. Do what only you do best. Make good art. Make it on the good days too." (<a href="http://www.uarts.edu/neil-gaiman-keynote-address-2012">Full text.</a>)nonadult(More <a href="https://instagram.com/nayyirah.waheed/">here</a>.)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "I am emphasizing how I 'feel' because, when studying, it is as important as any objective reality. Hopelessness feeds the fatigue that leads the student to quit. It is not the study of language that is hard, so much as the 'feeling' that your present level is who you are and who you will always be. I remember returning from France at the end of the summer of 2013, and being convinced that I had some kind of brain injury which prevented me from hearing French vowel sounds. But the real enemy was not any injury so much as the 'feeling' of despair. That is why I ignore all the research about children and their language advantage. I don't want to hear it. I just don't care. As Carolyn Forché would say — 'I'm going to have it.'" (<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/a-quick-note-on-getting-better-at-difficult-things/387133/">Full text.</a>)nonadult<a href="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~gongsu/desiderata_textonly.html">Full text.</a>nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "[T]here are all different kinds of freedom, and the kind that is most precious you will not hear much talked about in the great outside world of winning and achieving and displaying. The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day. That is real freedom." (<a href="http://www.metastatic.org/text/This%20is%20Water.pdf">Full text.</a>)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "I don't know why we take our worst moods so much more seriously than our best ones, crediting depression with more clarity than euphoria. It's easy now to dismiss that year as nothing more than the same sort of shaky, hysterical high you'd experience after being clipped by a taxi. But you could also try to think of it as a glimpse of grace. It's like the revelation I had when I was a kid the first time I ever flew in an airplane: when you break through the cloud cover you realize that above the passing squalls and doldrums there is a realm of eternal sunlight, so keen and brilliant you have to squint against it, a vision to hold onto and take back with you when you descend once more beneath the clouds, under the oppressive, petty jurisdiction of the local weather." (<a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/reprieve/?_r=0">Full text.</a>)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "My point, I think, is that it is OK if you don't [do what everyone is expecting of you]. My point is that it can be scary to graduate. That you can lie on the hardwood floor of your dorm room and cry while your mom packs up your stuff. That you can have an impossible dream to be Toni Morrison that you have to let go of. That every day you can feel like you might be failing at work or at your home life. That the real world is hard. And yet, you can still wake up every single morning and go, 'I have three amazing kids and I have created work I am proud of, and I absolutely love my life and I would not trade it for anyone else's life ever.' You can still wake up one day and find yourself living a life you never even imagined dreaming of." (<a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~commence/news/speeches/2014/rhimes-address.html">Full text</a>.)nonadult(<a href="http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_inblackwaterwoods.html">Full text.</a>)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "Let's suppose you were able, every night, to dream any dream you wanted to dream, and that you could for example have the power to dream in one night 75 years worth of time. Or any length of time you wanted to have. And you would, naturally, as you began on this adventure of dreams, fulfill all your wishes. ... Then you would get more and more adventurous, and you would make further and further gambles as to what you would dream, and finally you would dream where you are now. You would dream the dream of the life that you are actually living today. That would be within the infinite multiplicity of the choices you would have. Of playing that you weren't God. Because the whole nature of the godhead, according to this idea, is to play that he's not. The first thing that he says to himself is 'Man, get lost,' because he gives himself away. The nature of love is self-abandonment, not clinging to oneself. ... That's the nature of life. So in this idea, then, everybody is fundamentally the ultimate reality. Not God in a politically kingly sense, but God in the sense of being the self, the deep-down basic whatever there is. And you're all that, only you're pretending you're not." (<a href="https://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/watts_alan/watts_alan_article1.shtml">Full text.</a>)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "'How are you so confident?' 'I'm an asshole!' OK? It's my good time, and my good life, despite what you think of me. I live my life, because I dare. I dare to show up when everyone else might hide their faces and hide their bodies in shame. I show up because I'm an asshole, and I want to have a good time. And my mother and my father love me. They wanted the best life for me, and they didn't know how to verbalize it. And I get it. I really do. They were better parents to me than they had themselves. I'm grateful to them, and to my fifth-grade class, because if they hadn't made me cry, I wouldn't be able to cry on cue now. If I hadn't been told I was garbage, I wouldn't have learned how to show people I'm talented. And if everyone had always laughed at my jokes, I wouldn't have figured out how to be so funny. If they hadn't told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if they hadn't tried to break me down, I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable." (<a href="http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/read-gabourey-sidibes-ms-gala-speech.html">Full text.</a>)nonadult(<a href="http://www.agonia.net/index.php/poetry/13902956/Roll_the_Dice">Full text</a>.)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "It's the effort that has significance, not the result. This doesn't mean that you lie to yourself — throwing a wedding will mean more to you than giving a dinner party for six people. However, in an inner sense, you can choose to put your best effort into both, and make them of equal value to you. Your job is simply to put another pearl on the string, regardless how big or small the event is."
(<a href="http://www.edbatista.com/files/2011/Barry-Michels-Phil-Stutz-Therapy-Drawings.pdf">Full text</a>, <a href="http://www.thetoolsbook.com/">book</a>.)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "[T]his is something else I want to tell you, one of the hundreds of things I didn't know when I was sitting here so many years ago: you are not going to be you, fixed and immutable you, forever. We have a game we play when we're waiting for tables in restaurants, where you have to write the five things that describe yourself on a piece of paper. When I was your age, I would have put: ambitious, Wellesley graduate, daughter, Democrat, single. Ten years later not one of those five things turned up on my list. I was: journalist, feminist, New Yorker, divorced, funny. Today not one of those five things turns up in my list: writer, director, mother, sister, happy. Whatever those five things are for you today, they won't make the list in ten years — not that you still won't be some of those things, but they won't be the five most important things about you." (<a href="http://www.wellesley.edu/events/commencement/archives/1996commencement">Full text.</a>)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "So for this age, for your time, I want you to just think about this: Think about NOT waiting your turn. Instead, think about getting together with friends that you admire, or envy. Think about entrepeneuring. Think about NOT waiting for a company to call you up. Think about not giving your heart to a bunch of adults you don't know. Think about horizontal loyalty. Think about turning to people you already know, who are your friends, or friends of their friends, and making something that makes sense to you together, that is as beautiful or as true as you can make it. And when it comes to security, to protection, your friends may take better care of you than CBS took care of Charles Kuralt in the end. In every career, your job is to make and tell stories, of course. You will build a body of work, but you will also build a body of affection, with the people you've helped who've helped you back." (<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/05/12/there-are-some-people-who-dont-wait-robert-krulwich-on-the-future-of-journalism/">Full text.</a>)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "[B]e a part of something. Don't live for yourself alone. This is what I know for sure: In order to be truly happy, you must live along with and you have to stand for something larger than yourself. Because life is a reciprocal exchange. To move forward you have to give back. And to me, that is the greatest lesson of life. To be happy, you have to give something back." (<a href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2008/june18/como-061808.html">Full text.</a>)nonadult(<a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/2012/08/10/10-rules-for-students-and-teachers-john-cage-corita-kent/">More info.</a>)nonadult<b>EXCERPT:</b> "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." (<a href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html">Full text.</a>)nonadult(<a href="https://readalittlepoetry.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/wait-by-galway-kinnell/">Full text.</a>)nonadultJosh Gad Surprises Young "Frozen" Fan With A Message From Olafhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/kylesaidthis/josh-gad-surprises-young-frozen-fan-with-a-messa-1fdh9?utm_term=4ldqpia
WARNING: Watching this video may cause your heart to melt.

Ariel got the surprise of her life when she received a special recorded message from Olaf himself! Gad came across a video that Ariel's mom, Amy, posted to her YouTube channel of the mother-daughter duo spending the day dressed up as Elsa, which they decided to do when Ariel's mom and dad realized they wouldn't be able to take her to Disneyland. So Amy decided to spend the day with Ariel playing dress up.

If that isn't enough to melt your heart, wait until you see Ariel's reaction to Olaf's very special message...

Warning: cuteness to follow.

Working with Josh Gad's team was a dream! They were so kind and sweet and always kept us up to date. It is so refreshing to see someone of his stature take the time to reach out to our daughter and touch her heart. He was so busy in the media that week we were stunned he made the time to do this and cannot thank him enough. He is proof that humility and kindness can touch others even in Hollywood [...] The moment was so special it brought us to tears and we love seeing others appreciate the truly sweet moment caught on camera.

]]>Kyle Harrishttp://www.buzzfeed.com/kylesaidthis/josh-gad-surprises-young-frozen-fan-with-a-messa-1fdh9Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:01:04 -0400<b>WARNING: Watching this video may cause your heart to melt.</b>kylesaidthisnonadultAriel got the surprise of her life when she received a special recorded message from Olaf himself! Gad came across a video that Ariel's mom, Amy, posted to her YouTube channel of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiRAB4NDESc">the mother-daughter duo spending the day dressed up as Elsa</a>, which they decided to do when Ariel's mom and dad realized they wouldn't be able to take her to Disneyland. So Amy decided to spend the day with Ariel playing dress up.
If that isn't enough to melt your heart, wait until you see Ariel's reaction to Olaf's very special message...nonadultnonadultnonadultWorking with Josh Gad's team was a dream! They were so kind and sweet and always kept us up to date. It is so refreshing to see someone of his stature take the time to reach out to our daughter and touch her heart. He was so busy in the media that week we were stunned he made the time to do this and cannot thank him enough. He is proof that humility and kindness can touch others even in Hollywood [...] The moment was so special it brought us to tears and we love seeing others appreciate the truly sweet moment caught on camera.nonadultnonadult33 Songs That Can Actually Change Your Lifehttp://www.buzzfeed.com/brettvergara/songs-that-can-actually-change-your-life?utm_term=4ldqpia
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” —Victor Hugo

Imagine Dragons, "Demons"

My friend died from an accidental drug overdose and it broke me. This song healed me and it gives me some sort of peace when I feel down.

Coldplay, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"

I was going through the ugly crying phase of unrequited love (the part where you realize the object of your affections is in love with someone else and you feel like you'll never be OK again). During one of the rare occasions when I ventured from the safety of my room, I turned on MTV and this song was playing.

It felt like a sign from the universe that everything would get better, and it did.

Demi Lovato, "Skyscraper"

It may seem super cliché, but I've been battling a lot of the same issues she's dealt with for several years, and it always serves as a reminder that I can get through this too. I've seen her quite a few times live and have bawled like a baby every time she's sang it.

]]>Brett S. Vergarahttp://www.buzzfeed.com/brettvergara/songs-that-can-actually-change-your-lifeTue, 02 Dec 2014 12:16:05 -0500<b>"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." &mdash;Victor Hugo</b>brettvergaranonadultnonadult<b>My friend died from an accidental drug overdose and it broke me</b>. This song healed me and it gives me some sort of peace when I feel down.
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/riikkiillovee">riikkiillovee</a>nonadult<b>I was going through the ugly crying phase of unrequited love (the part where you realize the object of your affections is in love with someone else and you feel like you'll never be OK again).</b> During one of the rare occasions when I ventured from the safety of my room, I turned on MTV and this song was playing.
<b>It felt like a sign from the universe that everything would get better, and it did.</b>
&mdash;Aaron Gatapia (Facebook)nonadultIt may seem super clich&eacute;, but I've been battling a lot of the same issues she&#39;s dealt with for several years, and <b>it always serves as a reminder that I can get through this too</b>. I&#39;ve seen her quite a few times live and have bawled like a baby every time she&#39;s sang it.
&mdash;Kaitlyn Mueller (Facebook)nonadultThis song went through a few stages in our relationship. My mom played it on every car ride, so naturally I hated it. Then I actually started to listen to the lyrics and it spoke to my angsty 15-year-old heart. :) Now it's seven years later and <b>I still have it on my "Kick This Day&#39;s Ass" playlist!</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/capnjamrose">capnjamrose</a>nonadult<b>When I was diagnosed with cancer</b> I listened to this song at least two times a day for six months. Now whenever I feel defeated, blue, or empty, I play it on repeat.
<b>"You're still you, remember you / Rosy child, strong and wild / With apple lungs / You, you breathe with ease / Floating on the breeze"</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamiem21">jamiem21</a>nonadultI had to take a six-week hiatus from the track &amp; field team two weeks before a big competition because of a broken ankle. The doctor told me I wouldn't go back to distance jumping, and <b>I listened nonstop to this song during physical therapy</b>.
Three months later I was able to jump again; I was on my senior year so I didn&#39;t have a chance to compete again, but I got fully recovered and later joined another athletic team.
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexab952">alexab952</a>nonadultI went through depression and anxiety following an abusive relationship and my mom's cancer diagnosis. This song told me I could get through the pain and overcome everything I was feeling.
<b>It made me believe this was only temporary and brighter days were ahead. And I did overcome.</b>
&mdash;Tracy Lytwyn (Facebook)nonadultI heard this song right after my aunt passed away from cancer. It will always remind me of her and that although I'm sad to see her go, <b>she&#39;s finally home</b>.
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/caylal4ed736883">caylal4ed736883</a>nonadultI was working third shift in a hotel and HATED it, plus I'd just gone through a nasty breakup so I didn&#39;t have a lot to laugh at. But every night on my way into work they&#39;d play the top songs of the day and "Bad Touch" was always No. 1.
<b>It was such a goofy song, it got me to laughing.</b> Couple weeks of that and I was back to myself.
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinalawlerf">kristinalawlerf</a>nonadultI recently just lost a friend and I listened to this song on repeat on the way back from the funeral. <b>It really spoke to me that life goes on.</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/tranquilbez22">tranquilbez22</a>nonadultThis summer, I spent a month in France studying abroad. Five days after coming home, I got a call that my grandma was in the hospital. At the time, we thought it was a stroke, but it turned out to be a brain aneurysm and there was nothing we could do. I was absolutely heartbroken.
She never missed anything I participated in: She was at every soccer game, every dance recital, and this May, she watched me walk across the stage at my college graduation. I can't even put into words how proud of me she was.
She wanted the very best for me.
<b>Her warm heart will forever be a part of me. "It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime / So, let me say before we part / So much of me is made of what I learned from you / You&#39;ll be with me like a handprint on my heart."</b>
&mdash;Emily Back (Facebook)nonadult<b>2010 was my hell year.</b> I had a miscarriage in April, my husband left because of it in June, and my mother, who was my last surviving family member, died late that August. By September I felt like I had suddenly awakened on another planet and felt like I was in a fog until the end of the year.
<b>That song just seemed to fit so eerily well.</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/noodle192000">noodle192000</a>nonadultThis song got me through panic attacks in school. <b>Whenever I felt panicky, I sang it and it helped me to forget what was going on and cheered me up.</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/aoibhc">aoibhc</a>nonadult<b>My friend had heart surgery and didn't make it. He was 18.</b>
I remember my friends and I coming home from the hospital hearing this song for the first time, and that became the song that whenever we were feeling sad we would drive around blasting it. I still listen to it and think back &mdash; it&#39;s a sad song for all my friends but also one that just make us smile.
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/hellothere88">hellothere88</a>nonadultI listened to this when academic stuff got too overwhelming and I just had to convince myself that I was happy in order to keep on moving and finishing everything I had to do. Now whenever I listen to that song, I remember those sleepless nights I spent listening to it and <b>it makes me happy that I made it through that rough patch in my college life.</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/genj">genj</a>nonadultFor when I realize I'm horrible at something and get upset, and I need to realize as long as <b>I&#39;m better tomorrow than I was today, it&#39;s a success.</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/fourndawg">fourndawg</a>nonadultIt's about a girl experiencing her first heartbreak, but it applies to many things for me. It happened to come on when I walked away from a meeting with people I thought would help me during a confusing and lonely time for me and they didn&#39;t. This song basically says, <b>"Yeah, it hurts now, eat chocolate to your heart&#39;s content &mdash; it won&#39;t kill you &mdash; and in the end you&#39;ll be OK."</b>
&mdash;Tolani O. (Facebook)nonadultEarlier this year, I was going through an incredibly difficult time at work. <b>I was under constant fear of being fired, and doing everything I could to avoid that. I wasn't sleeping and was incredibly depressed.</b>
One particular night, I had one of many panic attacks and decided to turn on some music to calm down. Nothing was working, and it&#39;d been almost 30 minutes. Finally, this song popped into my head and immediately this wave of calm came over me. I finally went to sleep, and began playing it every night on a loop after that. Five months after that night, I decided to quit that job.
I found a new one and I&#39;m so incredibly happy and I love what I do. This song reminds me how far I&#39;ve come from that dark place. <b>Freddie Mercury and David Bowie saved my life.</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/marissad415">marissad415</a>nonadult<b>This song got me through a really bad breakup.</b> It taught me that there was still so much about myself that I didn't know yet, and now was the time to find out. "All this time I was finding myself, and I didn&#39;t know I was lost."
<b>It also inspired me to go public with my DJing, which has been a blast.</b>
&mdash;Tison Hiland (Facebook)nonadultI was in the hospital and hadn't been able to cry for months. <b>One of the staff had written the words down for me because after talking to her for so long, she said that the lyrics reminded her of me. I was finally able to cry and she broke the rules and hugged me as I sobbed.</b>
I listen to that every time I&#39;m depressed. I actually went to Boston Calling over the summer and saw Jenny Lewis, the lead singer for Rilo Kiley, and she played that song. I sobbed in the audience.
&mdash;LeAhh Marie (Facebook)nonadultI was going through a rough time with anxiety, losing friendships, and dealing with an injury. The song is about telling yourself that it's OK if things aren&#39;t going great. <b>Sometimes you just have to let go of the things you want to control, and at the end of the day, that dim light at the end of the tunnel will help you keep going.</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/anv">anv</a>nonadult<b>It was what helped me first get sober.</b> "So make your siren's call and sing all you want / I will not hear what you have to say / &#39;Cause I need freedom now and I need to know how to live my life as it&#39;s meant to be." <b>It helped me to realize that there was more to my life than drinking and using and wanting to die.</b> It was my song to my addiction, telling it to fuck off and let me live a full and healthy life.
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/cjamarillas">cjamarillas</a>nonadult<b>This song reminds me that life is constantly changing</b>, and those changes are what makes me learn and grow. I might stumble and fall, but I learn something from every experience, good or bad.
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jeng6">jeng6</a>nonadultIt didn't get me through a breakup, as the lyrics would suggest. It somehow helped me get past the confusing and unexpected death of a friend. I think it was just how emotional she sounds when she&#39;s singing it... It just fit.
<b>In hindsight, it probably wasn&#39;t safe to be singing along and crying so hard while I was driving.</b>
&mdash;Jessica Zepp (Facebook)nonadultMy grandfather died in January, and on the day of his funeral I got news that a friend of mine was killed in a car accident. In the next few months it felt like death was following me. <b>I needed some hope again, and this song was a catalyst to healing for me.</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/andreamccall">andreamccall</a>nonadultMy cousin died in March from a heroin overdose, and one of my best friends I had been living with committed suicide in June. I had never dealt with death before, and I lost two of my favorite people in the whole world within a few months. It is easily the hardest thing I have ever gone through.
I remember the day I found out my cousin was in a coma, my friend who has since passed sat with me on our porch and he talked to me while I cried. He loved My Chemical Romance and told me to listen to them because they had gotten him through some hard times. <b>I didn't know this song would also help me through his death but now every time I hear it I can&#39;t stop thinking about either one of them and how much they loved me.</b>
&mdash;Dakota Duncan (Facebook)nonadultThis is the song I always listen to when I'm in a bit of a funk in my life, since I was about 15 years old. It&#39;s such a powerful and uplifting song that tells you to find the positive in not only yourself but in everything around you.
<b>Everything will work out in the end. :)</b>
&mdash;Tonianne Tartaro (Facebook)nonadult<b>My senior year of college, I was severely depressed, to the point of being suicidal many nights.</b> I played the song over and over and over during those really bad nights. Once I got a handle on my depression, <b>I got the words tattooed on my wrist so I could always remember how far I've come</b> &mdash; and that no matter what, come morning light, you and I&#39;ll be safe and sound.
&mdash;Krissy Vanderbeck (Facebook)nonadultI was 17. My mother was just put in hospice care; she was literally in a sanitarium. This song helped me feel all I needed to when I was alone so I could pull myself together and help everyone else by not breaking down. I took care of [my mother] myself, so up until that point I knew how to deal with it in reality, but sitting alone in my room was scary.
<b>Everything about that song made me cope with the world I was in.</b>
&mdash;Erica Cruise (Facebook)nonadultGoing through bullying in the sixth grade, I felt like I could really connect with Hermione when she sings this song.
<b>"Wake up, kid, you know you're more than this&hellip;"</b>
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/show2nes">show2nes</a>nonadult<b>My dad has been going through pancreatic cancer for six-plus years.</b> When we first found out, he wasn't supposed to live longer than a year. That song was played constantly in my car or in my studio in college.
<b>This song made me stronger and made me feel so comforted.</b> The meaning behind it makes it that much more touching. Andrew McMahnon (the lead singer) was diagnosed with, fought, and beat leukemia. That song is about that &mdash; about keeping on and just fighting through. I still cry every time I listen to it. It touches me every single time.
&mdash;Angela Jensen (Facebook)nonadultIt's so hard to choose just one, but this song has gotten me through many rough times. Whenever I listen to this song, <b>I&#39;m reminded to never stop dreaming and to never stop reaching for the impossible</b>.
Everything will be OK.
&mdash;<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/kaylayandoli">kaylayandoli</a>nonadultThis song meant a lot to me when my dad died of an overdose. I hadn't talked to him in months because at the time I hated him. I couldn&#39;t help him with his addiction and I had a lot of regret and guilt.
<b>The song talks about all of that. I sang it at his funeral.</b>
&mdash;Brian Frank (Facebook)nonadultnonadultWhat It's Like To Go Blindhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/keithhabersberger/what-its-like-to-be-going-blind
Living with Macular Degeneration.

]]>Keith Habersbergerhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/keithhabersberger/what-its-like-to-be-going-blindSat, 09 Aug 2014 05:31:03 -0400<b>Living with Macular Degeneration.</b>keithhabersbergernonadultAnimal Heroes Who Will Melt Your Hearthttp://www.buzzfeed.com/caroltan/4-undeniably-heroic-animals
Just another reason for you to invest in a llama.

]]>Carol Tanhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/caroltan/4-undeniably-heroic-animalsThu, 17 Apr 2014 18:46:04 -0400<b>Just another reason for you to invest in a llama.</b>caroltannonadult51 Uplifting Facts That Prove The World Isn't Such A Bad Placehttp://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/uplifting-facts-that-prove-the-world-isnt-such-a-bad-place
Heartwarming things happen more often than you think.

]]>Erin La Rosahttp://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/uplifting-facts-that-prove-the-world-isnt-such-a-bad-placeFri, 21 Mar 2014 03:31:03 -0400<b>Heartwarming things happen more often than you think.</b>erinlarosanonadult1. More than <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-make-a-wish-foundation">11,000 Make-A Wish Foundation volunteers</a> helped 5-year-old Batkid fulfill his dream of saving Gotham/San Francisco.nonadultnonadult2. A man in Canada walked into a Tim Horton's, bought a coffee for himself, and then bought coffee for the <a href="http://consumerist.com/2013/07/25/man-buys-coffee-for-500-tim-hortons-customers-because-thats-what-happens-in-canada/">next 500 customers</a>.
3. A woman in London <a href="http://ladydinahs.com/">opened a cat caf&eacute;</a> to give shelter cats a stable place to live, and cat lovers a way to play with them.
4. Random <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/18/server-note-kind-patron-mimis-cafe_n_4987778.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news">acts of kindness</a> happen every day:nonadultnonadult5. When Tommy, a <a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/sports/2013/12/tom-brady-surprise-two-little-boys-on-ellen-2544248.html">10-year-old quarterback</a>, found out that his team's water boy, Danny, a 6-year-old with a speech impediment, was being bullied at school, Tommy recruited 40 of his friends to stand up to the bullies.
6. Pope Francis <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/the-19-best-pope-francis-moments-of-2013">has continued</a> to make cold calls to people who write him in distress, pray with the sick, and has urged Catholics not to judge gay men and women.nonadultnonadult7. Despite being shot in the head as part of an <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/the-most-inspiring-quotes-from-malala-yousafzais-bbc-intervi">assassination attempt</a>, 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai recovered, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, and continues to fight for women's rights.
8. Almost 35 years after robbing a man, <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/Facebook-Apology-for-1970s-New-York-Mugging-234077781.html">Michael Goodman</a> apologized to him on Facebook and found forgiveness.
9. A grandfather wrote a <a href="http://gawker.com/grandpa-writes-letter-disowning-daughter-after-she-diso-1440373471">scathing letter</a> to his daughter after she kicked her gay son out of the house.
10. Shrek, a dog <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2013/10/24/meet-shrek-dog-abandoned-found-in-burford-woods-on-road-to-recovery-4159811/">who was abandoned</a> in the woods and left for dead, found a new home and someone to care for him.nonadultnonadultShrek when he was found.nonadultShrek in his new home, and in a new sweater.nonadult11. A <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/health/hiv-cure-global-hope/">baby in Mississippi</a> born with HIV was "functionally cured."
12. A group of 15 people with Down syndrome took the time to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-q4OnBtNU">create a video</a> and reassure a future mom who's worried about the kind of life her Down syndrome baby will have.
13. After an Iraqi War vet retired from service, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2580631/Adorable-moment-retired-soldier-reunited-Iraq-dog-partner-flew-Germany-adopt-year-separated.html">he flew to Germany</a> to adopt his K9 partner and bring him home.nonadultnonadult14. An 11-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome said he didn&#39;t want a birthday party because he has "<a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/friendless-11-year-old-signs-1-day-pro-hockey-contract-1.1736181">no friends</a>." So the Kalamazoo Wings did him one better and offered him a pro-hockey contract for the day.nonadultnonadult15. A dog <a href="http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/03/12/dog-adopted-from-michigan-shelter-saves-families-lives-2-weeks-later/">saved the lives</a> of his new family from a gas leak just two weeks after being adopted.
16. A <a href="http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/09/25/get-ready-to-party-with-the-giant-rubber-duck-this-friday/">Dutch artist</a> turned the ocean into one giant bathtub when he commissioned a 40-foot-tall rubber ducky to sail through various cities.nonadultnonadult17. A whopping 428 employees from <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2575982/A-head-shaving-flash-mob-428-employees-one-company-cut-hair-cancer-charity-raise-incredible-2-1million.html">a Massachusetts company</a> shaved their heads and raised over $2 million for cancer research.nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadult18. A 5-year-old girl <a href="https://twitter.com/dominicjoyce7/status/407883610906431488/photo/1">accidentally broke a trinket</a> in a Christmas store and wrote an apology letter with money to replace it.nonadultnonadult19. A woman who was adopted found her long lost sisters <a href="http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/sisters-meet-for-first-time-in-eastgate-after-facebook-plea">through Facebook</a> after putting up a post.nonadultnonadult20. A woman in Illinois performed a random act of kindness when she gifted three waitresses with a <a href="http://www.mnn.com/money/personal-finance/stories/3-lucky-waitresses-get-15000-tip">$5,000 tip each</a>.
21. After <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/04/oscars-pizza-man-tip_n_4895657.html">delivering pizzas</a> at this year's Oscars, Ellen DeGeneres gave the delivery man a $1,000 tip.
22. Stockings the cat was <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/samimain/the-heartwarming-story-of-stockings-the-kitten">born with a defect</a> that left him unable to walk, but thanks to the generosity of one clinic, he was given life-changing surgery that allows him to, and he found a forever home!nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadult23. Some 200 retired Japanese engineers volunteered to help fix the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13598607">nuclear crisis</a> at the Fukushima power station and be subjected to radiation so that young people wouldn't have to.
24. This <a href="http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/12/14/Layaway-Santa-pays-off-accounts-at-Fla-Walmart/UPI-40411387055508/">past Christmas</a>, a Florida man walked into a Walmart and paid off $20,000 in other families&#39; layaway items for the holidays.
25. Colleen Wogernese is performing 318 random acts of kindness this year to honor her husband Chad&#39;s memory after he lost his 318-day <a href="http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/02/28/widow-performs-318-random-acts-of-kindness-in-tribute-to-husbands-cancer-fight/">battle with cancer</a>.
26. Colleen is accomplishing her goal with the <a href="http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2014/02/25/cathy-ogrady-acts-of-kindness-boston/">help of Cathy O&#39;Grady</a>, who has been performing random acts of kindness in Boston for the past two years by trying to help the homeless with bags full of supplies.nonadultnonadult27. After an elephant demolished a home in India, it heard a 10-month-old baby girl crying in the debris, and it <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Elephant-pulls-down-house-in-Bengal-then-rescues-10-month-old-baby-trapped-under-debris/articleshow/31860512.cms">returned to rescue</a> her from it.
28. Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/cristiano-ronaldo-donates--83-000-to-pay-for-sick-child-s-operation-155950192.html">donated $83,000</a> to pay for a 10-month-old boy's surgery.
29. A woman <a href="http://imgur.com/gallery/PHzeh">found a teddy bear</a> on a London train and launched an internet campaign to find the owner. Within two days, the bear was returned to the little girl who lost it.nonadultnonadult30. A struggling math student captured the moment when his father found out he'd passed his exams, and it was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls9Cg8iaq1s">incredibly sweet</a>.
31. Before Deborah&#39;s double mastectomy, she asked her medical team to dance to Beyonc&eacute;&#39;s "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPdheFjRm4E">Get Me Bodied</a>" to help her start the healing process. It seems to have worked, as she&#39;s on the <a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/deborahshealingjourney/journal/view/id/53215370acfbf0334f91c558">road to recovery</a>.nonadultnonadult32. When a <a href="https://twitter.com/middleaged_mom/status/398959658310053888">World War II</a> vet passed away with no close family or friends to attend his funeral, <a href="http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/hundreds-pledge-to-attend-war-hero-s-funeral-1-6232296#.Un45X036AGM.twitter">hundreds of strangers</a> showed up to pay their respects.
33. A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frqSWmtOWmA">news anchor</a> was reunited with the young man she helped find an adoptive home for.
34. A <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/dying-teen-gets-her-wish-of-going-to-prom">dying teen</a> was granted her final wish of going to the prom, and she was crowned Prom Queen.nonadultnonadult35. After a blind man was <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news%2Flocal&amp;id=9325216">kicked off of a US Airways</a> flight because his service dog was getting restless &mdash; the plane had been delayed for an hour &mdash; passengers rallied behind him and the entire flight had to be canceled.
36. An Oklahoma tornado survivor was reunited with her <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/okla-tornado-survivor-finds-dog-buried-alive-under-rubble/">missing dog</a> in the middle of a live interview.
37. A New York City police officer <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/nyregion/photo-of-officer-giving-boots-to-barefoot-man-warms-hearts-online.html">bought boots</a> for a barefoot homeless man.
38. Tim Harris, a man with Down syndrome, opened a restaurant that specializes in giving <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6He0FWoFj0">the customers hugs</a>.nonadultnonadult39. When a little boy <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/four-year-old-noah-didnt-think-his-glasses-were-cool-so-his">became convinced</a> that wearing his glasses would get him bullied at school, people on the internet sent videos and words of encouragement to help him realize that glasses are cool.
40. A man <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/11/us/connecticut-rabbi-returns-money/">found $98,000</a> in a desk he bought off of Craigslist, and he returned all of the money.
41. A woman stopped to <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--ytKLNGwmZM/T0zrzYIxg4I/AAAAAAAAACs/PHNlPnnjrKA/s1600/416858_300871909971699_300868206638736_845555_773654964_n.jpg">keep a homeless</a> man dry during a downpour.nonadultnonadult42. A woman put free kiddie pools <a href="http://wtvr.com/2013/08/06/urbanna-dog-pool-photo/">in her front yard</a> as a gift to dog owners so their pets wouldn't overheat in the summer.nonadultnonadult43. A man in New Jersey offered <a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/10/15/new-jersey-man-offers-free-dry-cleaning-to-the-unemployed/">free dry cleaning</a> for the unemployed.
44. High school Special Olympics athletes <a href="http://ktla.com/2014/03/16/special-olympic-athletes-honored-for-on-field-heroics/#axzz2wQkYJGdy">were honored</a> with letterman jackets at their school.
45. After losing a match, a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/mitchell-mckee_n_4935911.html">high school wrestler</a> hugged his opponent's father, who&#39;s battling cancer, because he&#39;d lost his own father at a young age.nonadultnonadultnonadultnonadult46. Passengers <a href="http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/24950004/2014/03/12/baby-saved">on a flight</a> worked together to save a baby who had stopped breathing.
47. Online donations helped <a href="http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/van-4-van-bernard/145961">a family</a> reach their goal of buying a new car to help transport their son Van, a 6-year-old with muscular dystrophy. It took less than two weeks.nonadultnonadult48. $10,000 worth of flowers were sent <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/anonymous-donor-sends-semi-truck-full-of-flowers-to-seniors-1.2483230?cmp=rss">to a nursing home</a> from an anonymous donor.
49. Baby Mateo had a <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/after-global-effort--bone-marrow-donor-found-for-baby-mateo-181136409.html">1% chance</a> of finding a bone marrow donor for his much needed surgery, but he finally found a match.
50. A 7-year-old boy has raised $750,000 to help pay for the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/12/boy-writes-book-for-charity_n_4949967.html">medical treatments</a> his best friend needs.
51. An animal shelter in Pennsylvania started a program where <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2014/03/purr-fect-companions-program-pairs-cats-with-kids-learning-to-read/">kids learn to read</a> by reading to shelter cats.nonadultnonadultA Teacher In Iran Went Viral After Shaving His Head To Stand Up For A Student Bullied For Being Baldhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/a-teacher-in-iran-went-viral-after-shaving-his-head-to-stand
Ali Mohammadian became a national hero after he stood up for a student who went bald from a mysterious illness.

Ali Mohammadian, a teacher in Marivan, a city in western Iran, recently became a hero to the community. Mohammadian stood up for a boy in his class who was being bullied after going bald due to a mysterious illness.

Mohammadian shaved his head as an act of solidarity. According to The Guardian, this noble gesture went viral on Facebook and spread throughout Iran.

Earlier this month, Mohammadian posted a picture of himself with eight-year-old Mahan Rahimi on Facebook. "Our heads are sensitive to hair," he wrote on the social network in support of his student. "Mahan had become isolated after going bald, smile had disappeared from his face and I was concerned about his class performance. That's why I thought about shaving my head to get him back on track."

Mohammadian's Facebook post soon caught the eyes of hundreds of Iranian web users. "When I logged in to my Facebook the next day, I couldn't believe the number of people who had liked it and shared it," he said.

After Mohammadian stood up for the bullied student, 23 other students joined their teacher in sporting a bald head. Samples from the boy have been sent to Germany, and he is currently awaiting a diagnosis.

]]>Ryan Broderickhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/a-teacher-in-iran-went-viral-after-shaving-his-head-to-standTue, 28 Jan 2014 14:45:08 -0500<b>Ali Mohammadian became a national hero after he stood up for a student who went bald from a mysterious illness.</b>ryanhatesthisnonadultnonadultnonadultEarlier this month, Mohammadian posted a picture of himself with eight-year-old Mahan Rahimi on Facebook. "Our heads are sensitive to hair," he wrote on the social network in support of his student. "Mahan had become isolated after going bald, smile had disappeared from his face and I was concerned about his class performance. That&#39;s why I thought about shaving my head to get him back on track."
Mohammadian&#39;s Facebook post soon caught the eyes of hundreds of Iranian web users. "When I logged in to my Facebook the next day, I couldn&#39;t believe the number of people who had liked it and shared it," he said.nonadultnonadultYou Won't Believe What Happened On This Cathttp://www.buzzfeed.com/samimain/you-wont-believe-what-happened-on-this-cat
Cats on cats on cats, y’all!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

LOOK AT HER UNWAVERING STARE OF AMAZINGNESS.

AND HER SASS FOR DAYS.

AND THESE POLITELY PLACED PAWS.

]]>Sami Mainhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/samimain/you-wont-believe-what-happened-on-this-catTue, 21 Jan 2014 15:14:03 -0500<b>Cats on cats on cats, y&#39;all!!</b>samimainnonadultThe 24 Most Heroic Animals In Historyhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/the-most-heroic-animals-in-history
As if we needed more proof that animals are amazing.

Three lions saved an abducted Ethiopian girl.

In 2005, a 12-year-old girl was abducted and beaten by seven men attempting to force her into marriage with one of them. The girl was missing for a week when she was found guarded by three lions. Policemen say that the lions "stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest." If it weren't for these lions, the girl's fate most likely would have been far worse.

Moko the dolphin rescued two whales from beaching themselves.

When Moko, a lone dolphin famous for her amiable nature to humans, saw two pygmy sperm whales swimming toward the shore (and their probable deaths), she sprung into action. The dolphin swam to the whales and somehow communicated with them to get them to follow her along the beach and back to sea. PHEW.

Therapy dogs that have come to comfort those affected by Newtown.

Over 70 dogs of TDI (Therapy Dogs International) have been serving Newtown to help cope with the tragedy on Dec. 14, 2012. According to the director of TDI's Newtown chapter, "It's not just the children who benefit from this...it's the parents as well...When children interact with the dog, it's almost as if there's a transaction of energy. The dogs offer kindness and love. If it's a bad day, the dogs can really help them just be kids."

Scarlet the cat, who risked everything to save her kittens.

On March 30, 1996, the garage then-feral Scarlette and her five kittens lived in was set ablaze. The New York Fire Department came to extinguish it and found Scarlett, severely burned, pulling her kittens out of the fire one by one. Temporarily blinded by her fire wounds, she touched each of her kittens with her nose to make sure they were all there and alive. Luckily, the firefighter took the family to a veterinary clinic in Port Washington, N.Y., where they were treated and put up for adoption. All of the cats found homes, and Scarlette was able to live out her days "like a queen"! Now, "The Scarlette Award" is presented to other heroic animals, be they heroes to humans or animals.

]]>Chelsea Marshallhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/the-most-heroic-animals-in-historyTue, 17 Dec 2013 05:30:07 -0500<b>As if we needed more proof that animals are amazing.</b>chelseamarshallnonadult5,000 People Gathered At The Mall Of America To Sing A Song Written By A Teen Who Died Of Cancerhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/5000-people-gathered-at-the-mall-of-america-to-sing-a-song-w
A Minnesota radio station did something truly special.

A group of 5,000 people gathered at The Mall Of America on Friday.

They came together to perform a song called "Clouds," it was written by Zach Sobiech.

Zach was a 17-year-old from Minnesota who was diagnosed with a terminal form of bone cancer at 14. As he ran out of any possible treatments to battle the cancer, he wrote "Clouds" as a goodbye for friends and family.

The one-word instruction.

The vision of racial harmony.

]]>Luke Lewishttp://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/the-25-happiest-moments-in-graffiti-historyMon, 21 Oct 2013 12:45:05 -0400<b>Having a bad day?</b> These should help.lukelewisnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultMost of these photos are courtesy of <a>Happy Graffiti</a>. There's a book, too: <i>Happy Graffiti</i> by Jenny Foulds, available <a href="http://www.octopusbooks.co.uk">here</a>.nonadultHere's Some Uplifting Graffiti If You're Already Having A Bad Dayhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/heres-some-uplifting-graffiti-if-youre-already-having-a-bad
Vandalism can be a really good thing.

If it's kinda crummy, remind yourself:

There are so many ways you can turn it around.

And always remember what really matters.

]]>Tanya Chenhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/heres-some-uplifting-graffiti-if-youre-already-having-a-badTue, 08 Oct 2013 15:00:15 -0400<b>Vandalism can be a really good thing.</b>tanyachennonadultThese Photos From 1970s Chicago Will Lift Your Spiritshttp://www.buzzfeed.com/kevinmcshane/these-photos-from-1970s-chicago-will-lift-your-spirits
Can it be that it was all so simple then?

]]>Kevin McShanehttp://www.buzzfeed.com/kevinmcshane/these-photos-from-1970s-chicago-will-lift-your-spiritsWed, 25 Sep 2013 22:45:05 -0400<strong>Can it be that it was all so simple then?</strong>kevinmcshanenonadultGet Motivated In 60 Secondshttp://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewgauthier/get-motivated-in-60-seconds
Let’s get pumped!
]]>Andrew Gauthierhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewgauthier/get-motivated-in-60-secondsThu, 23 May 2013 12:53:24 -0400<b>Let&#39;s get pumped!</b>andrewgauthiernonadult35 Astounding And Uplifting Facts About The Universehttp://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/astounding-and-uplifting-facts-i-fucking-love-science
I Fucking Love Science is the liveliest science community on the web, with over 4 million fans on Facebook. Here are a few of the most powerful posts.

]]>Luke Lewishttp://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/astounding-and-uplifting-facts-i-fucking-love-scienceWed, 27 Mar 2013 12:13:09 -0400<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience">I Fucking Love Science</a> is the liveliest science community on the web, with over 4 million fans on Facebook.</b> Here are a few of the most powerful posts.lukelewisnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadultnonadult<i>Now go Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience">I Fucking Love Science</a></i> on Facebook, if you haven't already.nonadultThis Guy Saved A Freezing Baby's Life, NBDhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/rsultan/this-guy-saved-a-freezing-babys-life-nbd
And other morning links.

]]>Raymond Sultanhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/rsultan/this-guy-saved-a-freezing-babys-life-nbdMon, 28 Jan 2013 11:19:43 -0500<b>And other morning links.</b>rsultannonadultnonadult<a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/239309/obama-and-hillary-clintons-60-minutes-interview-5-key-takeaways">5 takeaways from President Obama's and Hilary Clinton&#39;s joint <i>60 Minutes</i> interview.</a> - [TheWeek]
<a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/48571/12-unconventional-radiators">12 unconventional radiators because it&#39;s so, so cold out.</a> - [MentalFloss]
<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/this_con_ends_on_bad_note_no_sorry_YCK5upVwr4ZaGMay1Dp2kL">Chuck Schumer wants a personal apology from Beyonc&eacute; for the whole national anthem thing.</a> - [NYPost]
<a href="http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-youre-accidentally-making-everyone-hate-you/">5 ways you&#39;re accidentally making everyone hate you. Stop doing these things.</a> - [Cracked]
<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/28/my-strange-passage-from-suspected-school-shooter-to-prom-queen.html">The story of a suspected school shooter who ended up a prom queen.</a> - [TheDailyBeast]
<a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/01/chris-brown-apparently-punched-frank-ocean-over-parking-spot/61469/">Chris Brown allegedly punched Frank Ocean over a parking spot last night.</a> - [TheAtlanticWire]
<a href="http://www.flavorwire.com/366500/the-best-fictional-libraries-in-pop-culture">The 10 best fictional libraries in pop culture.</a> - [Flavorwire]
<a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/peter-king-works-terrible-stay-at-courtyard-marrio,31044/">Peter King&#39;s Super Bowl coverage sure does feature a lot of whining about hotels.</a> - [TheOnion]
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<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269392/Im-hero-Im-just-fella-jumped-Dock-master-plays-role-diving-freezing-water-save-month-old-baby-swept-winds.html">Six-month-old Sam Cooper had already spent five minutes in the water after his carriage was blown off a dock by a freak gust of wind, but dock master George Reeder dove in after him and saved his life. Start your week right by reading the rest of this incredibly uplifting story!</a> - [DailyMail]nonadultThis Woman Is Hearing Herself For The First Timehttp://www.buzzfeed.com/burnred/uplifting-video-of-a-woman-hearing-herself-for-the-281t

This is the most uplifting video you’ll see today, guaranteed. This lady was born deaf. The video shows her new cochlear implant being turned on for the first time. (via reddit.com)

]]>TabloidTruthshttp://www.buzzfeed.com/burnred/uplifting-video-of-a-woman-hearing-herself-for-the-281tFri, 30 Sep 2011 15:02:09 -0400<b>This is the most uplifting video you'll see today, guaranteed.</b> This lady was born deaf. The video shows her new cochlear implant being turned on for the first time. (via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/kvw9b/woman_hearing_herself_for_the_fist_time/">reddit.com</a>)burnrednonadultAfrigadgethttp://www.buzzfeed.com/letizia/afrigadget

Afrigadget is a website chronicling ingenuity of African inventors who use simple materials to solve big problems.